Example sentences of "[coord] it makes [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a sense in which standing is a preliminary question , separate from that of the substance and merits of the applicant 's case : standing rules determine entitlement to raise and argue the issue of illegality , and it makes little sense to say that entitlement to argue the merits of the case depends on whether one has a good case on the merits . |
| 2 | A person may belong to several different families during his life , and it makes little sense to regard him as changing identity on leaving or entering a nuclear family . |
| 3 | And it makes great reading … |
| 4 | I can suggest three such general features : heredity is digital , it involves a phenotype-genotype distinction , and it makes possible the amplification of quantum events into macroscopic ones . |
| 5 | European manufacturers invariably make plain tiles alongside their interlocking tiles , and it makes good sense for a manufacturer to be able to offer both types of product . |
| 6 | Skills that he wishes to rehearse with them may be part of the programme of another department also , and it makes good sense to have some consultation and perhaps co-ordination . |
| 7 | Have it written as a P E P and it makes good sense . |
| 8 | I 've never been used to doing that and it makes such a lot of difference when you actually speak to the people . |
| 9 | He says there are a number of ecological as well as economic reasons — it 's a longer , stronger tougher fibre — it makes a longer-lasting paper and it makes economic sense to grow the material in this country rather than importing it . |
| 10 | and in empirical sorry and in in empirical work we tend to use these nonlinear demand functions simply because they have this nice property that they have constant elasticity , and it makes subsequent calculations considerably easier , and you may think in actual fact that linear demand curves are quite restrictive . |
| 11 | To this need the underclass responds , and it makes urban life at the comfortable levels of well-being not only pleasant but possible . |
| 12 | It is peripheral to the interests of the Highland Board , and it makes considerable demands on the time of Board Staff . |
| 13 | If the barriers to trade in the EEC are removed and it makes sound economic sense to do so , well and good . |
| 14 | And it makes obvious sense to say that autonomous institutions are not necessarily homes of academic freedom . |
| 15 | This might be slightly bending the letter of the law in that the prospectus should be a single document but it makes good economic sense . |
| 16 | The ability of modern technology to cope with the problem of soil erosion is summarised thus : ‘ Growing populations may in part have destroyed more land than they improved , but it makes little sense to project past trends into the future , since we know more and more about methods of land preservation and are able by means of modern methods , to reclaim much land , which our ancestors have made sterile . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It 's just a simple two minute job , ’ Dan told me , ‘ but it makes all the difference . ’ |
| 18 | This need not be a problem , especially as each will have a different approach to the same material , but it makes obvious sense on many counts if the teachers are each prepared for this by consultation . ) |
| 19 | Clearly there may well be more than an element of exaggeration in this insistence , but it makes more sense if we accept their view that a great many features of literature that might not normally be recognized , at least at first sight , as terms of a comparison , nonetheless have a metaphorical or analogical function . |
| 20 | Not only does this clarify the nature of the authorities competent to issue and execute letters rogatory but it makes mandatory as between parties to the Protocol the use of Central Authorities both for the outward transmission and inward receipt of letters rogatory ; that there is an obligation to designate a Central Authority , a matter not wholly clear in the text of the Convention , is specifically provided in Article 2 of the Protocol . |
| 21 | But it makes commercial sense for them to respond to pressure . |
| 22 | Its tone is playful and frivolous but it makes some valid criticisms . |
| 23 | Derbyshire not only employs some pretty odd people , but it makes some rather odd choices . |